Days after China banned electric car doors, a US lawsuit alleged a 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded for help to escape moments before he died.

The transcript of the call was included in a lawsuit that alleges that a driver or passenger died after they were unable to open the electrically powered doors on their Tesla vehicle after a crash ...

Tesla is facing a new wrongful-death lawsuit after a Model S crash in Wisconsin turned deadly, with the victims’ family claiming the car’s electronic door design trapped passengers inside a burning ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla after reports that parents had to break windows to get their children out of the car. The investigation comes after numerous ...

Rivian, along with other automakers, has been under pressure to make the manual door releases easier to access. The new R2 ...

Tesla Inc. is working on a redesign of its door handles, which have drawn scrutiny over safety incidents that trapped passengers inside their vehicles. Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s longtime design ...